Reading Time: 6 minutesSeptember 21 Richard Natmeßnig invites me for an afternoon aboard his Swede 41 Classic named Sleipnir. Having spent three unforgettable hours at the tiller of his boat on Fehmarnsund: This is a tempting experience. Swede 41 Classic with a lot of sail area If you are interested in sailing and familiar with Square Metre Boats, you find two observations irritating. …
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe square metre boat cruising variant Swede 55 delights sailors all around the globe. Although series production ended in 1979, with Gamle Swede as hull number 27 launched by Fisksätra Yard, 18 more boats followed. One of them, and the most interesting technically and in terms of sailing, is Cheyenne. Göran Lindgren got his dream boat for the Stockholm archipelago. …
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the 1970s, admirers of the beautiful Johan Anker keelboat Dragon, the classy 30 Square Metre Boat, the Swiss Lacustre or the Folkboat had a problem. A wooden boat needs a lot of attention, time and skilled craftsmanship. And it is expensive to build new. That’s why they have been built in plastic ever since. At the end of the …
Reading Time: 6 minutesAn overlooked and notoriously underestimated topic is the weight of the boat. How heavy and thus under-rigged is it? Will it sail in light winds at all? And how much extra load, provisions, and luggage can it handle? Five examples. Concrete mixer or sailboat? Today, cruising boats are considered floating weekend condominiums. All the comforts are repeated aboard that we …
Reading Time: 9 minutesSkärgårdskryssare also known as Square metre boats, are these slim and flat-hulled boats to enjoy sensational sailing. Sadly, the time aboard ends in the evening, as a classy skerry cruiser offers hardly any comfort. That’s why there is a compromise, the so-called cruising sqm boat. A remarkable variant is the Jubilee S40. How the Jubilee S40 was developed In December …
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis type comes in two versions. As successor to the S30 cruising sqm boat in the second version built in 1995/96 with a boxy and comfortable superstructure. Further in a flush deck version with a low profile cabin as Swede 41 Classic. This is your opportunity to buy a Swede 41 called Südwind, fully equipped for cruising. Swede 41 construction …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe advantage of modern cruising square metre boats or Skärgårdskryssare like S30, Jubilee S40 or Swede 55 is that they come in durable and nearly maintenance free fibreglass. You simply enjoy your precious time aboard. Added to this is the well-thought-out construction of the largest model. The deck and superstructure of Swede 55 were made by Fisksaetra Varv as an …
Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery sailor admires the Vindö cruising boats from the Swedish west coast. Vindös are seventies compromises worth looking at, made of a rock solid and easy-care fibreglass hull with a teak deck and a handsome mahogany superstructure. A tempting mix of practicality with the traditional look and feel aboard. The Dream of Lasse Ristikankare. In the 1980s, Finnish wooden boat …
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis S30 with construction and sail number 22 is remarkable in two respects: Kauri is in good condition with a refurbished and mint interior crafted by the Wegener boatyard and a renewed engine with Lake Constance permission (high environmental and exhaust standard). Secondly, the boat comes with a 2 m longer carbon rig, power winches and new sails. It is …
Reading Time: 5 minutesSwede 55 can be enjoyed as built in the 1970s. Believe it or not and even if some do-it-yourselfers find it difficult: you can simply sail this boat as it is – with one exception: Unfortunately, the yard did not consider an important issue at the time, anchoring. A secure anchor that you can easily deploy and back on board …
